There are 3 different groups of car owners... trackers, garage queeners, and in-betweeners.
The garage queen guys are very attached to their cars. To them, its a prize that should be cherished... put on a pedestal, and hardly abused (driven). They keep their NSX's really low milage, and sometimes think of the day they will sell the car and how great the car will be and what it will be worth (to the next owner). They have pride invested in how they took care of the car, something they don't want to let go of too easily.
The trackers live a lot more in the present moment than in the future. They want to have fun with their car now, and that's one reason they bought the NSX. I think Honda's original mission, if anything, was to create a supercar that can be driven and enjoyed everyday. The guys that track the car, and know it well, are who would have made those Honda engineers happy. Those Japanese guys, gave the middle finger to all the wealthy car owners whose garages are full of low milage cars.
For the garage queeners, "low milage" itself has become an entity. A thing. Something to nurture and take care of. This kind of belief is in almost 100% of owners of many luxury brands like Ferrari or Atson Martin. An AM with 6K miles is "high milage". Imagine if someone said that about a Honda civic. These cars sit in a garage somewhere, and all these owners do basically is punish the guy that actually drives his car, by making the average milage (that determines the car's resale value) 6K, not 60K.
I don't think they really enjoy the car, just the image of ownership. How can you enjoy a "driving machine" if you never drive it? isn't that what a car is? a driving machine? And the NSX is a good one?
The tracker actually uses the car to get him to something else. A state of uphoria as he uses his skills with an ever higher precision and intensity. The car is just an instrument then, exactly what it should be.
I think in the long run, experiences are priceless and objects are useless. When one is dying, he smiles at the experiences he had in life... if he is thinking about his objects, he is in some amount of trouble. He is about to lose all of them.
Me? I am a 'tweener. I love what people like docjohn, NSXtasy, Titanium Dave, Andrie Hartanto and John@microsoft among others I am not mentioning do. I just haven't walked that way with my NSX yet. I am too worried about damaging my car. Maybe I should get rid of it if it's value in my life has exceeded the value of my experiences. In the end, it is not coming with me.
No offense meant to the garage queen guys, this is just how I look at things. You track guys, you get a big thumbs up from me. You probably hadn't looked at what you were doing in this light, huh? :smile:
The garage queen guys are very attached to their cars. To them, its a prize that should be cherished... put on a pedestal, and hardly abused (driven). They keep their NSX's really low milage, and sometimes think of the day they will sell the car and how great the car will be and what it will be worth (to the next owner). They have pride invested in how they took care of the car, something they don't want to let go of too easily.
The trackers live a lot more in the present moment than in the future. They want to have fun with their car now, and that's one reason they bought the NSX. I think Honda's original mission, if anything, was to create a supercar that can be driven and enjoyed everyday. The guys that track the car, and know it well, are who would have made those Honda engineers happy. Those Japanese guys, gave the middle finger to all the wealthy car owners whose garages are full of low milage cars.
For the garage queeners, "low milage" itself has become an entity. A thing. Something to nurture and take care of. This kind of belief is in almost 100% of owners of many luxury brands like Ferrari or Atson Martin. An AM with 6K miles is "high milage". Imagine if someone said that about a Honda civic. These cars sit in a garage somewhere, and all these owners do basically is punish the guy that actually drives his car, by making the average milage (that determines the car's resale value) 6K, not 60K.
I don't think they really enjoy the car, just the image of ownership. How can you enjoy a "driving machine" if you never drive it? isn't that what a car is? a driving machine? And the NSX is a good one?
The tracker actually uses the car to get him to something else. A state of uphoria as he uses his skills with an ever higher precision and intensity. The car is just an instrument then, exactly what it should be.
I think in the long run, experiences are priceless and objects are useless. When one is dying, he smiles at the experiences he had in life... if he is thinking about his objects, he is in some amount of trouble. He is about to lose all of them.
Me? I am a 'tweener. I love what people like docjohn, NSXtasy, Titanium Dave, Andrie Hartanto and John@microsoft among others I am not mentioning do. I just haven't walked that way with my NSX yet. I am too worried about damaging my car. Maybe I should get rid of it if it's value in my life has exceeded the value of my experiences. In the end, it is not coming with me.
No offense meant to the garage queen guys, this is just how I look at things. You track guys, you get a big thumbs up from me. You probably hadn't looked at what you were doing in this light, huh? :smile:
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